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History · New Germantown/Schiller Township

Half of New Germantown/Schiller Township’s homes were built after 1974

Most of New Germantown/Schiller Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1947 on.

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8%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about New Germantown/Schiller Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of New Germantown/Schiller Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Germantown/Schiller Township’s history is told.

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New Germantown/Schiller Township, 1899 to 1947

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1899Post officeThe Berlin post office opens
  3. 1899Post officeThe Berlin post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

New Germantown/Schiller Township on the map, 1947 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Germantown/Schiller Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

New Germantown/Schiller Township on the 1947 USGS mapNew Germantown/Schiller Township on the 1950 USGS mapNew Germantown/Schiller Township on the 1980 USGS map1947Sheyenne Lake sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of New Germantown/Schiller Township.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Berlin, opened and closed inside today’s town.

3cemeteries and burying grounds inside New Germantown/Schiller Township
BerlinKassel Reformed ChurchSaint Emanuel

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Berlin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFairview Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLincoln Dale TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.